* Brought to you by the committee to bring back "groovy".
— Vote November 6th (@_TheWife)
October 29, 2018

Many on Twitter said 'awesome' should also be shelved.

Awesome could use a vacation as well.
— @IrishGypsyWolf (@IrishGypsyWolf) October 29, 2018

It's not the first time King has taken to Twitter to offer writing advice.

Aspiring fiction writer? Cool! Here are 2 phrases you must NEVER use: "for a long moment" and "for some reason." Find another way!— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 22, 2017

However, the bulk of King's instructional wisdom lies in his 2000 book 'On Writing: A Memoir to the Craft', in which he also decried the overuse of adverbs: "I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops."

When you catch an adjective, kill it

In a letter to a friend, Mark Twain once wrote that overusing adjectives can turn into a bad habit:

"When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them—then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice."